Marston, Paul “Buzz” - 66, passed away peacefully in Queen Creek, Arizona on September 22, 2020 surrounded by his wife and dear cousin Terrie Thornburg, including his dear cousin Sunny Akhavi on speaker phone.
He is survived by his loving wife, Ruth Marston; sister Paula Zoccoli of Arizona, nephews Tony Zoccoli and Michael Zoccoli, of Arizona. Buzz was really close to his cousins Sunny Corum Akhavi of Los Angeles, CA, Terrie Corum Thornburg of Redlands, CA, Joyce Corum of La Mesa, CA, and his cousin Caren White Gately and her daughter Kaya Gately of Marin County.
Buzz was a career Deputy Sheriff at Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office (1975-1991). During his career he worked the following assignments: Patrol, Detention facility, Detective Bureau, Intelligence and Courts. He was the HIP Coordinator from 1988 to 1991. He continued his career in the Behavioral Health Services as the Behavioral Health Coordinator and Clinical Manager at Good Samaritan Hospital (1994-2004) and opened a private practice in Los Gatos, CA, Research West Behavioral Health Services, Executive Director (2004-2020). Buzz touched countless lives in serving this community.
In conjunction with his business in Behavioral Health, Buzz had a love for the motorsport arena, in particular, the Corvette, he started another business “Motorsport West.” He served on the National Corvette Museum Board from 2004-2019, and was Board Chair from 2010-2011. Buzz served as Western States Corvette Council representative on the Museum Board retiring from the NCM Board at the end of 2019. He was President of the Western States Corvette Council (2014-2020), and member of Santa Clara Corvettes (1994-2020).
One of Buzz’s pride and joy events he loved organizing was the annual Corvette Racing Corrals at IMSA races and Corvette Racing Banquets (included the attendance of the GM Corvette Chief Engineer, the GM Corvette Team, and the Corvette Race Drivers). The first successful inception of the Corvette Corral of 500 corvettes was held on July 2004 at the ALMS/Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA. This was the blueprint for future Corvette Corrals that began at ALMS/Infineon Raceway (2004-2005) and ended at Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA (2006-2019).
For those who knew Buzz, he touched their lives in many ways and leaves many wonderful friends and extended family members in California and Arizona. Buzz always closed with a phrase used by his grandpa “On with the Dance and let Joy Reign Supreme.”
Buzz’s resting place will be at Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara, CA and donations would be much appreciated in his name to the GBS/CIDP Foundation via gbs-cidp.org
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